Kathy Pinna
Philippine police kill three alleged hit men
MANILA, Philippines (UPI) -
Policemen shot and killed three communist hit men Monday after the insurgents ambushed and wounded a police official at a crowded street corner in suburban Pasay city, authorities said. Captain Gaudencio Cordora, Pasay police intelligence chief, had just left his house and was driving to his office when he was ambushed by the gunmen on foot near the Pasay market. He was shot four times, but was taken to a hospital where officials said he would survive.
A police bodyguard seated beside Cordora and three other lawmen in a backup jeep exchanged gunfire with the attackers, killing three of them. Two companions of the ambushers were wounded and two others were captured. A sixth gunman escaped. Two civilian bystanders were wounded in the crossfire.
Police investigator Captain Armando Aprid said the attackers were members of the "Sparrows," the urban hit squad of the communist New People's Army which has been fighting the government for 20 years.
- The Reporter-Times on Monday, July 31, 1989, on page 20.
Policemen shot and killed three communist hit men Monday after the insurgents ambushed and wounded a police official at a crowded street corner in suburban Pasay city, authorities said. Captain Gaudencio Cordora, Pasay police intelligence chief, had just left his house and was driving to his office when he was ambushed by the gunmen on foot near the Pasay market. He was shot four times, but was taken to a hospital where officials said he would survive.
A police bodyguard seated beside Cordora and three other lawmen in a backup jeep exchanged gunfire with the attackers, killing three of them. Two companions of the ambushers were wounded and two others were captured. A sixth gunman escaped. Two civilian bystanders were wounded in the crossfire.
Police investigator Captain Armando Aprid said the attackers were members of the "Sparrows," the urban hit squad of the communist New People's Army which has been fighting the government for 20 years.
- The Reporter-Times on Monday, July 31, 1989, on page 20.
